Legal Issues Impacting Your Business

Davis Brown attorney Jo Ellen Whitney notes in this article as of January 28, 2008 there have been significant changes and potential changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act which fall into three basic categories:

• A change relating to the provision of care for service members which is in effect and enforceable as of January 28, 2008 (26 weeks of leave per year);
• Exigent circumstances leave for active duty armed services family members which is technically in effect but won’t be enforced until such time as the Department of Labor issues regulations to define exigent circumstances (12 weeks of leave per year); and
• Proposed changes to the Family and Medical Leave Act as a whole which are currently in an open comment period.